Hi Goetz, Am Samstag, 03. Feb 2007, 16:05:46 +0100 schrieb Goetz Babin-Ebell: > Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > $ wc -c xxx > > 118 xxx > > $ openssl rsautl -encrypt -certin <some.crt -in xxx > > RSA operation error > > 5747:error:0406D06E:rsa routines:RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_2:data too > > large for key size:rsa_pk1.c:151: > > > > With 117 Bytes it works here. How can I generally determine > > what is the maximum a key is capable of? > > Encrypting data directly with rsa has some security issues you have to > understand unless you compromise the security of the key.
O, yes, I would like to understand them. > If you can't figure out by yourself the maximum length of data you can > encrypt with a given key using the rsautl comand, > you shouldn't use it to encrypt data. So what do I have to read? > You should use the openssl smime command. I'm using Ruby; S/MIME seems to be rather young here. At least it is hidden properly well. I just found it. Thanks so far, Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
